Composite image: Crystal Choi

'We thought it was a mistake': $25k power connection blindsides couple

A 25k fee for what looked to be less than a day's work? An Auckland couple building their dream home found the cost of connecting their electricity "outrageous".

December 19, 2024

Meatballs, the minister and Mava Moayyed.

Cheaper but better? In the kitchen preparing David Seymour's $3 school lunches

Seymour promises next year's free school lunches will be "the same quality or better" despite their slashed budget. We pay a visit to the factory preparing them.

November 22, 2024

Sue Le Seelleur's travel nightmare has lasted almost three years.

Fair Go: Is this NZ's unluckiest traveller?

A Kiwi travel enthusiast was left out-of-pocket when her holidays were cancelled twice in a row. InDepth reporter Mava Moayyed investigates whether she entitled to a refund.

October 8, 2024

4:31

Maggie May clothing store owner Leesa Ross (composite image: Vania Chandrawidjaja)

Woman at centre of Te Awamutu boutique scandal owes cancer patient $20k

Over a year after selling her clothing store to Leesa Ross, cancer patient Margie Riley is still owed more than $20k and says her mental health is "in shreds".

October 4, 2024

Shaun Blank, Kira Krieg and Jackie Myras say they are owed money by Maggie May store owner.

Missing clothes, unpaid debts: Te Awamutu boutique owner infuriates locals

Fair Go investigates: Tensions rise in Te Awamutu between a second-hand clothing boutique owner and disgruntled locals who say their items disappeared without payment.

September 23, 2024

Rain is forecast for this spring.

Fair Go's umbrella test: Are premium brands worth the cost?

Fair Go investigates: Is it worth splurging on an expensive umbrella or will a cheap one do the job?

September 10, 2024

Composite image by Vania Chandrawidjaja (Source: 1News)

'Risky, expensive and confusing' – councils challenge government's proposed speed limit changes

Multiple local councils told the government the changes would reduce safety and significantly cost ratepayers.

September 7, 2024

August 2024
Image: Crystal Choi

Kiwi scientist concerned about high-potency caffeine products for sale

They're easily purchased online and excess dosages are dangerous.

August 13, 2024

Image: Ben Oren

What are energy drinks really doing to your body?

Most of them contain huge amounts of sugar and a fair bit of caffeine but are they really a great source of "energy"?

August 9, 2024

July 2024
The 84-year-old, who became an ONZM in 2018, moved back onto the island in March and he plans to spend the rest of his days there.

Kaumātua refuses to leave DOC land — despite threat of jail

Department of Conservation issued an 84-year-old man and his partner a "cease and desist" order after they built a house on a scenic reserve in the Bay of Islands. But the couple say the land was unfairly taken and should be given back.

July 1, 2024

1:13

Ngata’s mother, Alofa, has been calling for the release of the footage in the hope it will help prevent the death of others in custody.

Police CCTV shows man unconscious in spit hood before death

Footage that shows police dropping Alo Ngata’s unresponsive body face down in a cell can finally be revealed.

July 1, 2024

1:03

June 2024
Graphic illustration of the incorrect position of spithood on Alo Ngata’s head.

Coroner casts 'considerable doubt' on police account of Alo Ngata's death

Ngata, 29, stopped breathing while in police custody after he was left face down in a cell with a spit hood on. He died in hospital three days later.

June 27, 2024

2:39

May 2024
Tracy East and the children she has lost: Jackie and Daniel Bennet. (Composition image by Vania Chandrawidjaja )

Mother grieves son and daughter: 'Methadone prescribing has to change'

Tracy East has lost two adult children to abuse of methadone, the legal drug prescribed for opioid addiction.

May 5, 2024

20:42

Vanessa Thomas, Jason George and Twiggy Swadel.

'It started with painkillers' – Opioid addiction affects thousands of Kiwis

More than 7000 New Zealanders receive regular methadone treatment for opioid addiction, which often starts with a prescription for painkillers.

May 4, 2024

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March 2024
Mava Moayyed: March 15 is not a day for 'us' and 'them'

Mava Moayyed: March 15 is not a day for 'us' and 'them'

This deeply painful date in our history has so much to teach us all.

March 10, 2024

12:33

November 2023
Dr Erik Monasterio says services have become disorganised, chaotic and under-resourced.

Top psychiatrist reveals why he quit 'chaotic' public health service

One of the country’s most experienced psychiatrists says care for our most vulnerable is at crisis point and he couldn’t affect change within the system.

November 16, 2023

Around one-in-ten homicides are carried out by someone suffering from a treatable psychotic disorder. Experts say that’s unacceptable. Mava Moayyed and Kim Peacock spoke to families who have suffered as a result of the lack of treatment available.

Insane killers: The devastating fallout from untreated psychosis

Around one-in-ten homicides are carried out by someone suffering from a treatable psychotic disorder. Experts say that’s unacceptable.

November 12, 2023

28:48

Lena Duncan uses a number of aliases.

'She’s refusing to go': Farmers try to evict animal neglect-accused

Well-known animal breeder Lena Duncan is refusing to leave a family-owned Hawke's Bay dairy farm, allegedly "barricading herself" inside a bach.

November 6, 2023

October 2023
Karen Edser

'It's abhorrent': Woman plans own funeral to avoid debt

In a bid to say goodbye without emptying the bank, some Kiwis are turning to DIY funerals. Karen Edser is one of them.

October 8, 2023

19:10

September 2023
A woman convicted of animal abuse in South Australia is now living under a new name in New Zealand and is, once again, under investigation for mistreating animals, reports SUNDAY's Mava Moayyed.

Woman convicted of animal ill-treatment in Aus faces NZ charges

The SPCA has confirmed it has filed 18 charges under the Animal Welfare Act against Lena Duncan for the alleged mistreatment of over a dozen horses.

September 15, 2023

28:52

Illustration showing different generations.

Are Gen Z employees the 'most difficult' to work with?

Flexibility, work-life balance, a sense of purpose. Gen Z wants to work differently, but are their expectations unreasonable? Sunday's Mava Moayyed reports.

September 10, 2023

14:02

August 2023
Dr Anthony Hoete says a new type of rental model is the key to increased housing affordability and quality.

Internationally acclaimed architect brings London lessons home to NZ

Dr Anthony Hoete says a new type of rental model is the key to increased housing affordability and quality.

August 27, 2023

12:17

June 2023
An impounded dog

For young dog attack victims, emotional trauma can last a lifetime

As attacks increase, Emergency department doctor Natasha Duncan-Sutherland has seen first-hand the physical and emotional impacts on victims of a dog attack.

June 25, 2023

24:36

May 2023
'She should stand up and say sorry': 501s claim advocate mismanaged funds

'She should stand up and say sorry': 501s claim advocate mismanaged funds

501s are demanding to know where the money they gave to advocate Filipa Payne has gone.

May 30, 2023

April 2023
Sunday’s Mava Moayyed meets the educators trying to tackle our truancy problem. 

Why are so many New Zealand kids skipping school?

Sunday's Mava Moayyed looks at what’s behind our dismal attendance rates.

April 30, 2023

25:01